Applied to low res MFA programs this spring. Was accepted to Bennington and VCFA. Dying to talk to anyone who plans to start at Bennington in June 2013- or anywhere else for that matter! 35 years old and so, so excited (embarrassingly excited) as I enter this new stage of life. Never thought I'd get here. Really, really never did. Anyone else out there? Need people to share excitement! (Really cannot believe I just wrote that.)

Congratulations, Annie. And welcome! Feel free to PM me with any questions. Like Pete, I am in 3rd term fiction. (Your excitement is absolutely appropriate.) What genre are you in? If you're in poetry or NF, we can hook you up with someone in your discipline.